The working days were from monday to friday and since the tenth day of induction was friday, they would now be able to meet only on monday. That too, if engaged in the same project.
The weekend was really full of excitement for karunya. The complete family took off to "kingdom of dreams' in gurgaon, enjoyed and had great fun. Later watched one of the latest movies and finally had an exclusive dinner in an excellent dining restaurant.
Whereas Aasma was all alone in her apartment, watching a classic english movie. The complete two days , she did not move out of her apartment. She listened to some good music, ate whatever she felt like, read a novel and spend her weekend in leisure. But at the back of her mind, was the same question ' How is it possible?"
She had moved into this apartment about two weeks back. Rather she has never been to NCR anytime before . She was new to this place, the markets and everything else. But the only thing she felt , she knew was the voice at the station which called her 'Aaasma'. A very familiar voice, but the only thing which was familiar.
While moving around the new home and clearing the drawers in the room, she saw something unusual. The drawer had a very old locket or probably a pendant with a big 'Aaa' on it tied to a chain. She kept looking at it 'Aaa' and found it very strange. By the colour and texture of the ornament it seemed as if it was at least a 100 year old piece of antique. Feeling, it is of no use to her, she just dropped it back into the drawer.
She was feeling lonely and sad, so she rang up to speak to her mother. They had a chat for about half an hour, discussing about the city, her office and the people.The around 6'pm , she thought of calling her old friend from school who was now working in Delhi in a firm as a historian. She stayed close to her place in Mehrauli. So they decided to meet at some mall in gurgaon and have some old memories get refreshed and have dinner before leaving.
As Aaasma was leaving to the mall , listening to some music on her i-pod, she passed by a pole and all of a sudden....she went blank, as if there is no lights before her eyes. But in a fraction of seconds, it was completely normal. She got frightened , thinking what exactly was that. she recalled that in those fraction of seconds she saw a black milestone with 253 km and Aruzupur written on it. She was completely drenched in sweat and breathing heavily. But soon the auto rickshaw stopped and she frantically got out and almost rushed inside the mall.
Her friend Tripti was already waiting at the entrance. Both greeted each other and sat down in a nearby cafe. The two hours they spend was fun, but tripti could sense that something was distrurbing Aaasma. She even tried probing aaasma but she denied about anything troubling her.
Finally Aaasma reached back to her apartment, but kept thinking about the milestone reading 253 km, Aruzupur. She was really disturbed, because from the day she had arrived in this city , only unusual and strange things have been happening to her.
Though she did not have a sound sleep but still managed to sleep through the night . She got up early and even reached office about thirty minutes early.